Championship (England) MISSED 1–0
Sat, Oct 24 · 16:00 · Cardiff City Stadium
Cardiff Home
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Birmingham Away
Cardiff vs Birmingham — Championship
Tipster's pick Both Teams to Score
Confidence High
Odds 1.50 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Cardiff and Birmingham Set for Open Contest

Cardiff have seen both teams score in nine of their eleven league games this season. Birmingham have scored in ten of eleven matches while keeping four clean sheets. At home Cardiff average 2.4 goals scored and concede 1.2 per game. Birmingham’s away form shows 1.2 goals scored against 0.8 conceded. Cardiff enter with two wins one draw and two defeats in their last five while Birmingham have four wins and a draw in the same span. Past head to head games have seen both teams score often enough to support the view that goals will come at both ends. Birmingham’s attacking intent away will meet a Cardiff side that rarely keeps opponents out at the Cardiff City Stadium.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
Result
1–0 MISSED

Our pick “Both Teams to Score” at odds 1.50 didn’t land — final score 1–0.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Yousef Salech Penalty missed 22'
  3. Yousef Salech assist Ollie·Tanner 31'
  4. Second half
  5. Jhon Elmer Solís Romero 50'
  6. Marvin Ducksch ↓ Luis Vasquez 64'
  7. Patrick Roberts ↓ Carlos Vicente 64'
  8. Max Bird ↓ Jhon Elmer Solís Romero 64'
  9. Ronan Kpakio ↓ Calum Scanlon 68'
  10. Christopher Willock ↓ Ollie·Tanner 68'
  11. Demarai Gray ↓ Liam Millar 70'
  12. Ethan Laird ↓ Bright Osayi-Samuel 78'
  13. Christoph·Klarer 81'
  14. Joel Bagan 82'
  15. David Turnbull ↓ Jack Moylan 87'
  16. Isaak Davies ↓ C. Ashford 90+3'
  17. Chris Davies 90+5'
This season
Cardiff Birmingham
Over 2.5 goals 64% 73%
Clean sheet 0% 36%
Failed to score 18% 9%
Scored per game 1.6 1.8
Conceded per game 1.5 1.0
Scored home / away 2.4 / 1.0 2.3 / 1.2

Across 11 and 11 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
3 MID Middlesbrough 11 6 4 1 22
4 BIR Birmingham ▲ 11 5 5 1 20
5 WES West Brom 11 6 2 3 20
6 STO Stoke City 11 6 1 4 19
7 WOL Wolves 11 5 3 3 18
8 SOU Southampton 11 6 3 2 17
9 QPR QPR 11 4 5 2 17
10 BLA Blackburn 11 4 3 4 15
11 SHE Sheffield Utd 11 4 3 4 15
12 MIL Millwall 11 4 3 4 15
13 POR Portsmouth 11 4 3 4 15
14 WRE Wrexham 11 3 5 3 14
15 BOL Bolton 11 4 2 5 14
16 BRI Bristol City 11 4 2 5 14
17 CHA Charlton 11 3 5 3 14
18 LIN Lincoln 11 3 3 5 12
19 CAR Cardiff ▲ 11 2 5 4 11
20 WAT Watford 11 3 2 6 11
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Cardiff LWLWD
L @ Bolton 0–1 Sep 12
W vs Charlton 3–1 Sep 19
L @ Blackburn 1–2 Oct 10
W vs Watford 5–1 Oct 13
D @ Middlesbrough 2–2 Oct 17
Birmingham WDWWW
W @ Derby 2–1 Sep 12
D vs Middlesbrough 2–2 Sep 19
W @ West Brom 1–0 Oct 10
W vs Preston 4–0 Oct 13
W vs QPR 3–0 Oct 17
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Cardiff
Scored 2.2 avg
0 3 1 5 2
Conceded 1.4 avg
1 1 2 1 2
Birmingham
Scored 2.4 avg
2 2 1 4 3
Conceded 0.6 avg
1 2 0 0 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
6 Cardiff
3 Draws
1 Birmingham
Apr 2024 Birmingham 0–1 Cardiff Cardiff
Dec 2023 Cardiff 0–1 Birmingham Birmingham
Aug 2023 Birmingham 1–3 Cardiff Cardiff
Feb 2023 Birmingham 0–2 Cardiff Cardiff
Aug 2022 Cardiff 1–0 Birmingham Cardiff

Over 2.5 goals in 4 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Cardiff 4-2-3-1
  • 1 N. Trott G
  • 38 P. Ng D
  • 2 W. Fish D
  • 5 K. Bielik D
  • 3 J. Bagan D
  • 18 A. Robertson M
  • 8 J. Moylan M
  • 11 O. Tanner M
  • 27 J. Colwill M
  • 45 Cian Ashford M
  • 23 C. Scanlon F
Bench I. Davies, R. Kpakio, T. Perrett, Y. Salech, R. Tankiewicz, D. Turnbull, H. Tyrer, C. Willock, Charlie Holt

B. Barry-Murphy

Birmingham 4-2-3-1
  • 1 J. Beadle G
  • 26 B. Osayi-Samuel D
  • 5 P. Neumann D
  • 4 C. Klarer D
  • 20 A. Cochrane D
  • 24 T. Iwata M
  • 14 J. Solis M
  • 7 Carlos Vicente M
  • 28 J. Stansfield M
  • 17 L. Millar M
  • 32 L. Vázquez F
Bench D. Fry, T. Gardner-Hickman, D. Gray, E. Laird, P. Roberts, M. Ducksch, L. Buchanan, M. Bird, R. Allsop

C. Davies

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Cardiff
  • OUT C. Chambers Knee Injury
  • OUT D. Lawlor Hamstring Injury
  • OUT G. Osho Red Card
  • DOUBT R. Colwill Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT P. Ng Inactive
  • OUT C. Chambers Knee Injury
  • OUT D. Lawlor Hamstring Injury
  • OUT G. Osho Red Card
  • DOUBT R. Colwill Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT P. Ng Inactive
Birmingham
  • OUT M. Leonard Achilles Tendon Injury
  • OUT Paik Seung-Ho Health problems
  • OUT M. Leonard Achilles Tendon Injury
  • OUT Paik Seung-Ho Health problems